Matching Pairs chapter 6 vocabulary practiceOnline version match the term with the definition by Susan Brown 1 strategy 2 inflation 3 privateer 4 mercenary 5 siege 6 ambush 7 desert 8 blocade 9 recruit 10 ratify private ship that is equipped with weapons. goal to cature enemy merchant ships and take their cargo stop ships from entering or leaving a port. England had a __ to prevent ships from entering Boston Harbor money loses value; it costs more to buy the same thing encourage to join the military leave your post without permission. Runaway from the army to surround a place and not let people or materials in and out of the place surprise attack; to hide and surprise a group person who is paid to fight for a country Hessians were Germans paid by Britain to fight against the colonists adopt or apporve a rule, law or document a plan or method for doing something